Councilors say more work needs to be done on the spending plan, which would raise the tax rate by $2.50.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in both the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked at the newspaper since 1988, including a stint as bureau chief for the Somerset County Bureau in Skowhegan, and has covered a variety of beats. A Skowhegan native, she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work at the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous of awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association and is author of the book, "Comfort is an Old Barn," a collection of curated columns published by Islandport Press. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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Waterville votes to keep pay-as-you-throw trash program
Residents overwhelmingly agree not to repeal the program, which combines curbside garbage pickup and recycling.
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Waterville transient arrested after chase, charged with purse-snatching
Jesse Peterson ran out of a Main Street store, allegedly with a woman’s purse, and through downtown and around the Morning Sentinel building before police caught him by the Kennebec River.
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Waterville businesses clean up, carry on after storm damage
The Framemakers and The Children’s Book Cellar on Main Street suffered through water problems from a severe thunderstorm that ripped through town last week.
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Fate of Waterville trash program to be decided Tuesday
City residents will vote on whether to toss the pay-as-you-throw trash and curbside recycling program nine months after it launched.
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Waterville graduates urged to make many 10-minute memories
Teacher tells 155 seniors: ‘Be happy, be yourself and celebrate’
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Lack of quorum prevents Waterville council from convening
The council, which has yet to take a first vote on the municipal and school budgets, plans to hold a special meeting June 9 to make up for the canceled one.
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Two women face charges in Waterville home invasion
Pair is charged with taking 85-year-old woman’s purse from the kitchen table in her Water Street apartment.
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Waterville woman arrested after car crashes into house
Heidi Everson, 42, had her toddler in the car when it crashed into a house on Oak Street and later assaulted a nurse at Inland Hospital, police said.
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Explorer Barry Clifford tells MCI grads to believe in themselves
111 seniors from near and far receive diplomas and advice on following their dreams and never giving up.